10 Ways to Boost the Performance of Your Storage with Flash

As flash memory continues to gain a foothold in the enterprise, users expect amazing performance improvements overnight. The demand for new storage capacity continues to grow at astounding rates and IT is being tasked to ensure that growth doesn’t make performance an issue.

Watch this TechByte series sponsored by IBM to hear industry expert Matt Sarrel discuss what you should be doing now to ensure the flash storage in your infrastructure gives the maximum performance boost while keeping users happy.

As the consumerization of IT accelerates, healthcare and insurance organizations are being challenged to adopt hybrid mobile solutions that let users, patients, providers and partners access – and enter – business critical information from an ever-increasing range of mobile devices. Who is driving mobile adoption, and how can your organization ensure it will be competitive?

This TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM will look at three industries that are leading the mobility parade: Finance and banking, retail and hospitality, and healthcare and insurance. Each TechBytes segment will focus on one of these key industries, and industry experts will address key questions including:

- What market trends are shaping how mobility is being employed?
- Are new user interface models required for an increasingly millennial user base?
- Can BYOD work in highly regulated industries like healthcare?
- How can organizations accelerate their mobile adoption?
- What are the most important considerations for embracing mobility
- Can mobile solutions truly be secure?

About the presenter
Chris Nerney is a technology writer who covers both enterprise and consumer technologies for a number of websites and organizations. Chris has written extensively about cloud computing, unified communications, enterprise collaboration, voice over IP, mobile technology, big data and analytics, healthcare IT and interoperability, healthcare finance, value-based care, data centers, converged systems, and space technology. His writing has appeared in Computerworld, CIO.com, Data-Informed, Revenue Cycle Insights, Network World, ITWorld, and many other technology publications. Chris also is an experienced writer of enterprise technology white papers.

As the consumerization of IT accelerates, banks and other financial institutions are being challenged to adopt hybrid mobile solutions that let users, customers, and partners access – and enter – business critical information from an ever-increasing range of mobile devices. Who is driving this mobile adoption, and how can your organization ensure it will be competitive?

This TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM will look at three industries that are leading the mobility parade: Finance and banking, retail and hospitality, and healthcare and insurance. Each TechBytes segment will focus on one of these key industries, and industry experts will address key questions including:

- What market trends are shaping how mobility is being employed?
- Are new user interface models required for an increasingly millennial user base?
- Can BYOD work in highly regulated industries like finance?
- How can organizations accelerate their mobile adoption?
- What are the most important considerations for embracing mobility
- Can mobile solutions truly be secure?

About the presenter
Chris Nerney is a technology writer who covers both enterprise and consumer technologies for a number of websites and organizations. Chris has written extensively about cloud computing, unified communications, enterprise collaboration, voice over IP, mobile technology, big data and analytics, healthcare IT and interoperability, healthcare finance, value-based care, data centers, converged systems, and space technology. His writing has appeared in Computerworld, CIO.com, Data-Informed, Revenue Cycle Insights, Network World, ITWorld, and many other technology publications. Chris also is an experienced writer of enterprise technology white papers.

As the consumerization of IT accelerates, retail, hospitality and other industries are being challenged to adopt hybrid mobile solutions that let users, customers, and partners access – and enter – business critical information from an ever-increasing range of mobile devices. Who is driving this mobile adoption, and how can your organization ensure it will be competitive?

This TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM will look at three industries that are leading the mobility parade: Finance and banking, retail and hospitality, and healthcare and insurance. Each TechBytes segment will focus on one of these key industries, and industry experts will address key questions including:

- What market trends are shaping how mobility is being employed?
- Are new user interface models required for an increasingly millennial user base?
- How can organizations accelerate their mobile adoption?
- What are the most important considerations for embracing mobility
- Can mobile solutions truly be secure?

About the presenter:
With 11 years of experience writing about business and technology trends for both media outlets and companies, Taylor Mallory Holland understands how mobile technology can reshape industries and provide new opportunities to streamline workflows, improve employee collaboration, and reimagine the customer experience. She is passionate about helping business leaders understand the impact emerging technologies can have on communication, operations, and sales and marketing, and she enjoys breaking down complex technology jargon to make the business case for innovation.

Today, consumerization of IT drives user expectations for new apps, richer analytics and support for every device under the sun, IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver better than “five nines” for virtually every application imaginable, and to do so under a data deluge that shows no signs of abating. And the need is real; The Ponemon Institute estimates the average outage lasts about 90 minutes and costs $450,000!

Attend this TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM to learn how enterprises of all kinds are taking advantage of the latest in middleware tools to increase business agility, accelerate decision-making, and embrace hybrid environments to meet increasing user demand while reducing operating costs overall. Attendees will learn:

- How to leverage analytics to increase efficiency while improving reliability
- Benefits of becoming proactive rather than firefighting application performance issues
- How to apply cognitive predictive analytics to stop costly IT outages before they start.
- Where to start when beginning to leverage ITSM in your environment
- Why Telcos and other companies providing “dial-tone” reliability are utilizing advanced analytics tools in their ITSM portfolio to ensure uptime for even the most dynamic network infrastructure

Register now to hear expert speakers discuss how operations insight, analytics, and automation can work together to give your CIO peace of mind and keep your users happy.

Today, consumerization of IT drives user expectations for new apps, richer analytics and support for every device under the sun, IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver better than “five nines” for virtually every application imaginable, and to do so under a data deluge that shows no signs of abating. And the need is real; The Ponemon Institute estimates the average outage lasts about 90 minutes and costs $450,000!

Attend this TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM to learn how enterprises of all kinds are taking advantage of the latest in middleware tools to increase business agility, accelerate decision-making, and embrace hybrid environments to meet increasing user demand while reducing operating costs overall. Attendees will learn:

- How to leverage analytics to increase efficiency while improving reliability
- Benefits of becoming proactive rather than firefighting application performance issues
- How to apply cognitive predictive analytics to stop costly IT outages before they start.
- Where to start when beginning to leverage ITSM in your environment
- Why Telcos and other companies providing “dial-tone” reliability are utilizing advanced analytics tools in their ITSM portfolio to ensure uptime for even the most dynamic network infrastructure

Register now to hear expert speakers discuss how operations insight, analytics, and automation can work together to give your CIO peace of mind and keep your users happy.

Today’s dynamic business climate is increasingly application-powered, and as a result the need for code to address change is accelerating. Even businesses that have already adopted agile development and deployment processes and DevOps strategies are struggling with many challenges including:

- Requirement for significant IT involvement to deliver functionality
- The increasing challenge of “multi-speed” IT and connecting front-end and back-end systems, exacerbated by application and data silos
- Application development, testing and QA backlogs due to increasing user demands driven by consumerization of IT

to name just a few. Attend this TechBytes video series sponsored by IBM to learn how organizations of all types and sizes are now addressing these myriad challenges by adopting new development and execution platforms that accelerate the entire application lifecycle while creating substantial savings. These bite-sized webinars will cover the latest market conditions in the application development arena, with a particular focus on mobile; dive into the greatest challenges facing development and deployment teams today, and present strategies and tactics that can reduce workload, deliver more, faster, while getting more out of your IT dollar.

Today’s dynamic business climate is increasingly application-powered, and as a result the need for code to address change is accelerating. Even businesses that have already adopted agile development and deployment processes and DevOps strategies are struggling with many challenges including:

- Requirement for significant IT involvement to deliver functionality
- The increasing challenge of “multi-speed” IT and connecting front-end and back-end systems, exacerbated by application and data silos
- Application development, testing and QA backlogs due to increasing user demands driven by consumerization of IT

to name just a few. Attend this TechBytes video series sponsored by IBM to learn how organizations of all types and sizes are now addressing these myriad challenges by adopting new development and execution platforms that accelerate the entire application lifecycle while creating substantial savings. These bite-sized webinars will cover the latest market conditions in the application development arena, with a particular focus on mobile; dive into the greatest challenges facing development and deployment teams today, and present strategies and tactics that can reduce workload, deliver more, faster, while getting more out of your IT dollar.

Today’s dynamic business climate is increasingly application-powered, and as a result the need for code to address change is accelerating. Even businesses that have already adopted agile development and deployment processes and DevOps strategies are struggling with many challenges including:

- Requirement for significant IT involvement to deliver functionality
- The increasing challenge of “multi-speed” IT and connecting front-end and back-end systems, exacerbated by application and data silos
- Application development, testing and QA backlogs due to increasing user demands driven by consumerization of IT

to name just a few. Attend this TechBytes video series sponsored by IBM to learn how organizations of all types and sizes are now addressing these myriad challenges by adopting new development and execution platforms that accelerate the entire application lifecycle while creating substantial savings. These bite-sized webinars will cover the latest market conditions in the application development arena, with a particular focus on mobile; dive into the greatest challenges facing development and deployment teams today, and present strategies and tactics that can reduce workload, deliver more, faster, while getting more out of your IT dollar.

Marianne Hollier, Open Group Master Certified IT Specialist in Application Development and Offering Manager, IBM

In an age where there’s an app for everything, reducing the amount of time from ideation to deployment can deliver a real competitive advantage. For many organizations, the adoption of agile methodologies and DevOps practices have changed the way that organizations view IT and development teams, and have yielded measurable results and proven ROI.

This TechByte series takes a quick dive into three areas of DevOps – an overview of methodologies; testing approaches; and automation of release practices – and delivers actionable advice on how organizations can best turn DevOps into bottom-line value.

In an age where there’s an app for everything, reducing the amount of time from ideation to deployment can deliver a real competitive advantage. For many organizations, the adoption of agile methodologies and DevOps practices have changed the way that organizations view IT and development teams, and have yielded measurable results and proven ROI.

This TechByte series takes a quick dive into three areas of DevOps – an overview of methodologies; testing approaches; and automation of release practices – and delivers actionable advice on how organizations can best turn DevOps into bottom-line value.

In an age where there’s an app for everything, reducing the amount of time from ideation to deployment can deliver a real competitive advantage. For many organizations, the adoption of agile methodologies and DevOps practices have changed the way that organizations view IT and development teams, and have yielded measurable results and proven ROI.

This TechByte series takes a quick dive into three areas of DevOps – an overview of methodologies; testing approaches; and automation of release practices – and delivers actionable advice on how organizations can best turn DevOps into bottom-line value.

Today, consumerization of IT drives user expectations for new apps, richer analytics and support for every device under the sun, IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver better than “five nines” for virtually every application imaginable, and to do so under a data deluge that shows no signs of abating. And the need is real; The Ponemon Institute estimates the average outage lasts about 90 minutes and costs $450,000!

Attend this TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM to learn how enterprises of all kinds are taking advantage of the latest in middleware tools to increase business agility, accelerate decision-making, and embrace hybrid environments to meet increasing user demand while reducing operating costs overall. Attendees will learn:

-How to leverage analytics to increase efficiency while improving reliability
-Benefits of becoming proactive rather than firefighting application performance issues
-How to apply cognitive predictive analytics to stop costly IT outages before they start.
-Where to start when beginning to leverage ITSM in your environment
-Why Telcos and other companies providing “dial-tone” reliability are utilizing advanced analytics tools in their ITSM portfolio to ensure uptime for even the most dynamic network infrastructure

Chances are you’ve already virtualized many – if not most – of your server workloads to get the most out of every IT hardware dollar. But as more companies adopt hybrid cloud and container based technologies, what role will virtualization play?

Is virtualization the new ‘checkbox’ for IT deployments, how does the evolution of virtualization, infrastructure and usage models impact your IT environment?

At this 3 part TechBytes series we will cover
•What role virtualization will provide in future systems?
•How virtualization is evolving and what it means to you
•What you should do now to plan for coming changes and new demands

Chances are you’ve already virtualized many – if not most – of your server workloads to get the most out of every IT hardware dollar. But as more companies adopt hybrid cloud and container based technologies, what role will virtualization play?

Is virtualization the new ‘checkbox’ for IT deployments, how does the evolution of virtualization, infrastructure and usage models impact your IT environment?

At this 3 part TechBytes series we will cover
•What role virtualization will provide in future systems?
•How virtualization is evolving and what it means to you
•What you should do now to plan for coming changes and new demands

Chances are you’ve already virtualized many – if not most – of your server workloads to get the most out of every IT hardware dollar. But as more companies adopt hybrid cloud and container based technologies, what role will virtualization play?

Is virtualization the new ‘checkbox’ for IT deployments, how does the evolution of virtualization, infrastructure and usage models impact your IT environment?

At this 3 part TechBytes series we will cover
•What role virtualization will provide in future systems?
•How virtualization is evolving and what it means to you
•What you should do now to plan for coming changes and new demands

By next year over half of all US companies will formally support BYOD, bringing on the challenge of securing data and applications on devices that may often be in the hands malicious users, or worse – teenagers looking to win a game of Pokémon Go with mom’s work iPhone. And, thanks to the consumerization of IT, mobile users increasingly expect the same smooth user experience with business applications that is provided by popular games and consumer applications.

Fortunately, increased mobility and the bring your own device explosion don’t always add up to increased security challenges and UI/UX struggles. This Tech Byte series will look at the most important considerations when planning a mobile strategy – from application development platform to security and governance to user interface guidelines, and present best practices that businesses of all kinds can use to help ensure a successful shift towards a mobile-first enterprise.

By next year over half of all US companies will formally support BYOD, bringing on the challenge of securing data and applications on devices that may often be in the hands malicious users, or worse – teenagers looking to win a game of Pokémon Go with mom’s work iPhone. And, thanks to the consumerization of IT, mobile users increasingly expect the same smooth user experience with business applications that is provided by popular games and consumer applications.

Fortunately, increased mobility and the bring your own device explosion don’t always add up to increased security challenges and UI/UX struggles. This Tech Byte series will look at the most important considerations when planning a mobile strategy – from application development platform to security and governance to user interface guidelines, and present best practices that businesses of all kinds can use to help ensure a successful shift towards a mobile-first enterprise.

By next year over half of all US companies will formally support BYOD, bringing on the challenge of securing data and applications on devices that may often be in the hands malicious users, or worse – teenagers looking to win a game of Pokémon Go with mom’s work iPhone. And, thanks to the consumerization of IT, mobile users increasingly expect the same smooth user experience with business applications that is provided by popular games and consumer applications.

Fortunately, increased mobility and the bring your own device explosion don’t always add up to increased security challenges and UI/UX struggles. This Tech Byte series will look at the most important considerations when planning a mobile strategy – from application development platform to security and governance to user interface guidelines, and present best practices that businesses of all kinds can use to help ensure a successful shift towards a mobile-first enterprise.

James Morrison, Computer Scientist with the Federal Bureau of Investigation

In today’s application economy, IT and business units are focused on increasing employee effectiveness and driving customer loyalty with a broad range of new ‘mobile-first’ applications.

Having ‘an app for that’ offers many benefits – consumer-like experiences, increased use of enterprise applications, support for mobile workforce and a global customer base, to name just a few. But with each new mobile app – and mobile user – comes another attack surface and possible source of data loss or regulatory infraction. What now?

Attend this Slashdot webinar to hear our expert panel discuss the challenges facing IT, developers and DevOps teams today, and what enterprises of all sizes should be doing to ensure their applications and users aren’t at risk. Attendees will hear:

-How MDM is evolving, and what that means to users and IT
-Methods of controlling devices that access your network and apps – simply
-Why provisioning matters, and how to accelerate onboarding and retiring of users and devices
-How to give users secure corporate access while retaining their existing mobile experience
-Why content is king – and how to collaborate securely no matter how large the group
How to give access behind the firewall – without messy configuration settings or VPNs

DevOps teams are challenged with monitoring, tracking and troubleshooting issues in a context where continuous integration servers and DevOps tools emit their own logging data. Machine data can come from numerous sources, and CD tools may not agree on a common method. Once log data has been acquired, assembling meaningful real-time metrics such as the condition of your host environment, the number of running containers, CPU usage, memory consumption and network performance can be challenging